This is where you can upload your Dark Elf (Dunmer) voice auditions. Please keep this thread only for auditions - feedback and other comments relating to voice work can be posted in the hub.

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I have long believed it was a mistake to turn from the old gods. Perhaps Azura is with you after all. And perhaps not. I will tell you that I've spoken with Dagoth Ur. He promised me the same thing. That he will drive the foreigners from our lands. But I am not one to ignore opportunity, nor am I one to be troubled by rubbing two sides of a coin. If you are one of your word, I am your ally. I will tell Velanda Omani and Nevena Ules to support you as Hortator of House Hlaalu. VOICE INFORMATION

In general, Dunmer should sound wise, even in their youth. They live in a harsh land, and their lifespans are very long - they are a pragmatic people and venerate the wisdom of their elders from even from a young age. They should speak in a precise manner, taking the time to think through exactly what they mean to say as they say it.

For female Dunmer, the most important thing to consider is the culture they're coming from. Female members of House Hlaalu are the most heavily influenced by Imperial (and therefore Aldmeri) influence. They could very well speak with a lilt of the Imperial nobles, to a degree, though their voices won't be as commanding or crisp as either the Imperials or the Altmer. The old voice for the Altmer would have made a great Hlaalu Dunmer.

Female Redoran Dunmer do not need the British lilt. The Redoran should sound proud, and stalwart. A mature-voiced and not necessarily as crisp version of the more American imperials could work - think 'superhero'.

Telvanni Dunmer females would seem suspicious and cold.

Ashlander females need to crank up the elderly wisdom vibe to 11. Depending on how good they are with Cyrodilic (English) their accent may even sound Dothraki or Mongolian.

For males, the rasp is the most important thing. If you can throat sing, and apply this rasp on top of throat singing, that is the ideal Dunmer voice. That's how Jeff Baker does the voice. After you nail the sound you can think on the cultural influences.

The second file has the same text recorded twice - they're not very different. Any comments on the voice are welcome, of course! Hopefully you can look past the uninspiring acting - I'm just trying to get the voice right at this stage.

I couldn't access the excel file with all voice parts, so I did Jiub and the Ordinators. I know Jiub was done and I'm assuming the Ordinators are too, but I did this as a test for my male Dunmer voice. The Ordinators have always been my favorite voice to emulate, so I recorded a few pieces of dialogue from them as well.

These were done fairly quickly. I have a home studio so I am able to record at any time and in very high quality. Let me know what you think. I'm in the process of recording for other races as well.

If you happen to like my Dunmer voice and would like me to do other characters, just let me know. I'm willing to help in any way I can.

It's not your standard Dunmer voice - I went for a mystical, posh, wise sounding being. It's an audition for Vivec - whom is a god, so therefore should have a godly voice. I've included a voice with effects and without effects.

Here are the Dunmer I did recordings for, though I could use this voice for virtually any other Dunmer that needs a voice I suppose. Also, this makes my MP3's sound a bit worse than the actual file quality, those sound clearer.

I got tired of modelling for the project for a bit and was bored and I had a mic right next to me so why the hell not try a Dummer. Its 3:13 Am so it might be crap and didn't stress too much over it. But here it is

You seem to be running out of breath constantly :P It takes away from the voice because it needs to sound like it is just part of their everyday voice. If you can pull of something like that but without losing your breath then i am sure you could be useful :)

@Anduniel

Smitehammer and I both agree this needs some work. Since it will take some proper coaching, find us in chat sometime when you are on and we will figure something out :)

I know I sent many of you private messages, but I think I missed responding to a few of you, so I'll just respond to everyone.

Grhicks - The voice is almost there, but you seem to be straining a bit on some words. Your voice cracks at times, so try to work on that.

Darksun90210 - Speak a bit slower, and really showcase the rasp. It’s there, but your real voice bleeds through a lot and you sound like you should be in some action movie. Also, a lot of the S sounds are really sharp.

Shushine - Speak a lot slower, and with precision. Dunmer are a pragmatic people, and put thought into everything they say. No need to rush the delivery - especially if it leaves you short on breath.

REAPERAPO - The gritty raspy voice isn’t there, and you have an accent that might be too strong to mask.

Xarcand - Very nice voice - the only thing to change is to make sure you use non-rhotic Rs.

Landsleaving - This voice doesn’t have the Morrowind rasp. We need that at least.

Paladyn - We’re leaving the Australian Dunmer behind and sticking with a Morrowind style Dunmer.

Nedwin - Try to go deeper with your natural voice - it bleeds through too much, overshadowing the raspiness. Ideally, you could ‘throat sing’ to achieve the same sound of Jeff Baker, but barring that just go as deep as you can and focus on the rasp.

RealoFoxtrot - the voice is quite good. Just a bit breathy and some sound issues that could be cleaned up.

Anduniel - You’ve got a good voice. The sound quality needs to be spruced up a bit. Look at the first post for ideas on how to go about the different Dunmer female voices.

RuffinVangarr - there are some serious sound issues with the recording that should be addressed, but the voice itself sounds like it might be good. Hard to tell though.

Modul0 - there’s no rasp to this voice, and there’s a lot of noise. You also pronounce certain words a bit unnaturally (‘quiet’ as ‘quite’ for instance)

dxninc - an interesting way to do the rasp, like MorrowindShorts’. Might be suitable for some characters. Noise issues, too.

Nubtrain - I couldn’t hear the recording.

GabrielLW - need a heavier rasp, less of your own voice coming through. Also, make sure to use non-rhotic Rs. The rhotic R is very particular to North America.

DelusionalSyko - this doesn’t sound like a Dunmer. It sounds like Farkas from Skyrim, like an action hero from some action movie. Try to nail the ‘raspiness’.

RebornZombie - I like it, but it’s a bit monotonous. Speak slower, and change the rhythm up a bit to sound more natural.

Jeffno - If you can get more of a rasp on top of your voice, you might be good for some older Dunmer. Might need a deeper voice, though.

Ikkotak - way too airy for Dunmer. The rasp is there, the emotion is there - just cut back on the breathiness.

Health Restored - the voice sounds like it would be quite good, but with that echo it’s impossible to get a clear idea for the voice. Fix the echo and post another audition.

Still some sound issues with noise. Follow Langotriel's how-to video for noise removal, normalization, compression, etc. The voice dips into a whisper at times, but you could probably just sort through that with practice.

Second try on Male dark elf. I worked on reducing the airy sound, both physically and digitally, whenever I spoke. I am currently working on applying slight British pronunciations to words such as "heard" while making sure I don't sound like I am exhaling.